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Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Basketballers in PR for FIBA AmeriCup 3x3 tourney

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T&T National Basketball Men’s 3x3 team, from left, Mariba Defreitas, Tyrese Fields, Christopher Jackson Charles (coach), Wayne Samuel (manager and trainer), Ahkeel “Smally” Boyd, and Chike Augustine upon their arrival at the Piarco International Airport before their departure to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the FIBA AmeriCup tournament.

T&T National Basketball Men’s 3x3 team, from left, Mariba Defreitas, Tyrese Fields, Christopher Jackson Charles (coach), Wayne Samuel (manager and trainer), Ahkeel “Smally” Boyd, and Chike Augustine upon their arrival at the Piarco International Airport before their departure to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the FIBA AmeriCup tournament.

Roger Jacob

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Na­tion­al 3x3 bas­ket­ball team has ar­rived in San Juan, Puer­to Ri­co on Tues­day, for the fourth edi­tion of the FI­BA 3x3 Amer­iCup tour­na­ment, which runs from De­cem­ber 12-15, 2024.

The aim of the Na­tion­al Bas­ket­ball Fed­er­a­tion of T&T (NBFTT) is to bring home more medals as it builds on the PANAM Games bronze medal suc­cess of 2023. 

The stage is set, the play­ers are ready for what promis­es to be an ex­cit­ing tour­na­ment with the best teams from the Amer­i­c­as com­pet­ing for top ho­n­ours. T&T is made up of Chike Au­gus­tine, Ah­keel “Smal­ly” Boyd, Mori­ba De Fre­itas, and Tyrese Fields.

Christo­pher Jack­son Charles is the team’s coach, while Wayne Samuel will serve as both man­ag­er and train­er. T&T is drawn along­side Cu­ba, Ja­maica, and St Kitts and Nevis in Group B of the qual­i­fy­ing rounds on Thurs­day.

The win­ner of that group will progress to Group C in the Main Draw on Fri­day to play against Cana­da and Ar­genti­na.


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